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Book Reviews

by Philip Greenspun

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Academically Adrift by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard
The Design of Design by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom by Robert A. Levy and William Mellor
Dreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows, a guide to the expatriate life in Shanghai and Beijing circa 2010
Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche
A Global Life, by James Wolfensohn
The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman
Higher Education? by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus
Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Captain Sully
History of Hedge Funds (More Money than God) by Sebastian Mallaby
I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay by John Lanchester
Life Without Lawyers by Philip K. Howard
It Takes a Pillage, by Nomi Prins
Web Operations, an O'Reilly book by a variety of tech authors
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
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Photo: from "A Photographer's Guide to Ecuador, the Galapagos, and Peru"